Stenography for Marie Lund, Juan de la Cosa/John of the Thing @ Bureau des Réalités, Brussels

I worked as stenographer for artist Marie Lund's reading of Hip Height, presented as the third edition of Spoken Word Gallery on 9 September 2018 in Brussels, curated by Juan de la Cosa/John of the Thing.

Juan de la Cosa/John of the Thing were invited by Lilou Vidal/Bureau des Réalités to present A table made again for the first time, "a project structured around three events, each one focusing on a potential take on the idea of translation, both on the written page and the exhibition space."

The events included contributions by Kate Briggs, Alain Cavalier, Jesper List Thomsen and Lund. More info: http://www.johnofthething.net/eventseventos#/juan-de-la-cosa-at-bureau-des-re/

You can read an excerpt from my live transcript here.



Many thanks to Marie Lund, Francesco Pedraglio, Tania Pérez Córdova and Lilou Vidal. Image courtesy of Juan de la Cosa/John of the Thing.

Epimethean caesuras, or, Seven ways to speak of silence (2018) for Julia McInerney's The Garden

I was commissioned by artist Julia McInerney and curator Toby Chapman to produce an essay on McInerney's work for her solo show The Garden, held at ACE Open, Adelaide, Australia from 28 July - 15 September 2018.




My essay is titled Epimethean caesuras, or, Seven ways to speak of silence and can be read here and downloaded here.



Thank you to Julia McInerney. Images courtesy of the artist.

Unspecified Involvements #1, Brussels

I read my text Why I Hate Translation, or, Reading Lisa Robertson Through Another (originally published in How To Become A Body Double, The Cheapest University 2017) for the first edition of Unspecified Involvements, held at Artist Commons in Brussels on 16 May 2018.

In addition to my own, the evening comprised readings by Thomas Dupal, Janine Harrington, James Hogan and Júlia Rocha.



More information on subsequent editions here.

Posts Paris Ass x Paris Ass Book Fair 2018

I was invited by Berlin-based curator Joel Mu to participate in his project space M.I/mi1glissé's contribution to the 2018 edition of the Paris Ass Book Fair, which ran 16-18 March 2018 at Palais de Tokyo, Paris.



Mu's stand held publications, zines, editions from the following artists:

Tommy Camerno
Eleanor Ivory Weber
Sarah M Harrison
Sarah Montet
Trnsgndr/VHS
Felix Maritaud
Christophe de Rohan Chabot
Cédric Rivrain & Rodrigue Fondeviolle
Fatma Wicca
Andres Komatsu
Garrett Nelson
Ella CB
Alex Chalmers
Adam Fearon
Waldo Pardon
Misa Harz & Marc Elsner
Navot Miller
Henning Schlüter
Julian-Jakob Kneer
Maren Karlson
Anna Solal

For the book fair, I produced a limited edition A4 zine Minus 4 vox, or: without four wordsmiths (2018), which comprised prints of the text works Disnccrnring thr strnight mind: ‘this mny or dnngrrous’ and List of good words, as well as a full-colour poster cover in collaboration with artist Camilla Wills.



Many thanks to Joel Mu and Camilla Wills.

Livres Parlés 2018 @ Erg, Brussels

I was invited by typographer Ludi Loiseau to participate in the annual "Livres Parlés" (Spoken Books/Books Speaking) event at Erg (école de recherche graphique) in Brussels, Belgium.



The event presents the yearly "most beautiful Swiss books" and a selection of recent titles in comics. Loiseau writes: “The principle is: teachers and external speakers are invited through a book to introduce it to the public. This moment opens the publications to a space-time of exchange looking for other views on the book object and trying to reconnect it with the practice.”

On 8 March 2018, I presented US artist Shannon Ebner's A Public Character (Roma Publications). The book was published following Ebner's eponymous exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA, and very broadly speaking deals with the recurrence of the letter "A" in public space.

To present this book's textual and photographic nature, as well as to reflect on Ebner's work, I read out loud, from cover forwards, every photographed letter “A” and every word in the written texts that contains that letter, sequentially. I timed myself and stopped when the timer announced 20’00”, which was the suggested duration of each speaker's contribution.

Many thanks to Ludi Loiseau, Marie-Christophe Lambert, Frédéric Dupont and Marnie Slater.